Babylon 5: Outrageous Fortune

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

When the subject is seated (but not too comfortably) and ready to begin, Kirth paces back and forth across the table from the subject, watching Yaktal's eyes follow him back and forth across the span of space. "So...Yaktal, is it? Mmmhmm, why don't you start by telling us when you began work here? And in what capacity were you hired first? How long have you been Chief of Security here? How often does something 'unusual' happen here? You know, missing items, theft, vandalism, that sort of thing. Now the day in question here, why don't you walk us through how you spent that day, beginning with your arrival at your assigned post?"

 

[Dr Simon]

Yaktal answers Kirth's questions cheerfully, at first. She claims to have worked here for fifteen years, following a two year spell in the defence force after her formal schooling had finished. She has been head of security for five of those years, having worked her way to the top.

She says that generally there is little trouble; mostly from off-worlder students misbehaving. Rarely are there any serious breaches of security - the abbai would never dream of such a thing and there is little of interest to offworlders, barring some expensive equipment. They have a few offworlder members on the security team to help with considering the alien mindset.

On the night in question she was at a concert given in the university auditorium, after which she went home to her apartments further along the Way of Understanding. Night security was handled by Tarkul, an elder male, who has been working the night shift for years. She points out that, since very little usually happens, Tarkul will not have been monitoring the screens all the time. The recordings are generally reviewed after any incidents to provide legal evidence, not as a constant monitoring system.

[sblock=Ashley]
As usual, the alien mind is difficult and uncomfortable to scan, although a surface scan is less unpleasant than a full deep scan. According to her surface thoughts, Yaktal is telling the truth. There is some faint interference in the mindscape, like trying to listen through a fuzz of static. It's akin to the sensation that telepaths normally get in a crowded room, and could just be the background hum of the university campus, except it doesn't quite feel like that.
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[Leif]

Kirth Warren

As Yaktal answers his questions, Kirth surreptitiously glances at Ashley to see whether she is giving him a sign of some sort.

"So now let me get this straight -- we asked for the person responsible for security at the time the incident occurred and you were sent to us. Now you're saying that it wasn't you at all, but rather this, this Tarvok person? Can we please have a straight answer to the question, 'Who was working security and monitoring the area when the incident happened?' "

 

[Dr Simon]

"But... Tarkul is on way here," says Yaktal, looking confused and worried. "But I in charge of overall security, we agree I go first, yes?" She twists in the uncomfortable seat, trying to follow Kirth as he paces the room. "I nothing to do with theft."

The Abbai in charge of security records is one called Tarkul, but Yaktal, as head of campus security, volunteers to be questioned first so as to set an example.

 

[Shayuri]

"You don't have to be worried, Yaktal, we don't suspect you of any wrongdoing," Ashley says in a slightly distant voice. "We're just trying to understand. Would you tell us, for the record, who has legitimate access to the artifacts, and what kind of security keeps other people out?"

She just needed to keep Yaktal talking a little longer while she tried to isolate that odd fluctuation in the alien's mind. It felt almost as if she wasn't alone in there...

(OOC - Trying to focus on that 'static' instead of Yaktal's thoughts.)

 

[Leif]

Kirth Warren

Kirth puts on a grim face as Yaktal worriedly answers him. Ashley recognizes Kirth's cocked eyebrow as a sign of amusement, but it vanishes almost as soon as it appears.

"Now this, Tarvok, Tacklebox, whatever his name is, he works under you, doesn't he? So supposedly you know everything that he knows, right? He does report everything to you, doesn't he? Wouldn't this sort of strange occurrence be something that he would report to you? Did he, in fact, report such a thing?"

[sblock=Tactics]Kirth is trying to give Yaktal plenty of questions to answer so that she will talk for a longer time to give Ashley a better read on her.[/sblock]

 

[Dr Simon]

Yaktal reveals the following;

That Tarkul has been working for security for five years, and that have have been no serious incidents in that time. He passed on Dr. Gulati's report that there had been a break-in when he signed out this morning, and briefly checked the security-cam data with no success. So far, nobody in security has had time to check it (this was reported not long before you arrived, and so Kirth et al. are pretty much the first people to examine it in any detail).

As for security, the laboratory doors for Dr. Sushar's lab are on a standard keycard system keyed to the identicards of legitimate users. Security have master keycards for all rooms in the building, but the vault inside the lab can only be accessed by members of Dr. Sushar's staff - no other staff have access.

[sblock=Kirth and Kevin]
You both know that such locks can easily be overcome by anyone with a bit of know-how. Stealing a card, copying a card, using a spoofing device, even hacking into central computer systems.
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[sblock=Ashley]
The noise doesn't seem to be coming from Yaktal, but from the surrounding environment. However, about midway through Kirth's questioning it suddenly cuts out, and thoughts become clear again.

Yaktal still seems to be telling the truth.
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[Leif]

Kirth Warren

"May we see the security-cam data?"

 

[Dr Simon]

"Of course, I'd be glad to help the ISA. There is a lot of it, though..."

[sblock=OOC]
Any further info I can give you really depends on if you continue to question Yaktal, move onto Tarkul or pause to study the security recordings.
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[Leif]

Kirth Warren

Kirth surreptitiously gives Ashley a questioning glance, seeking guidance whether he should press Yaktal with further questions, or move on. "We appreciate your help, Doctor. Perhaps you could send the recordings to our ship, where possibly we could review them with some computer assistance to speed the process along."